Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-08-27
PAUPER CHILDREN.

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iN'eheo ING EXPERIMENT GOING
ON At sANSTEAD. ENGLAND.
successfni Attempt to Combine Effective
| Control with Ampl. Home Advantages.
Result, Of ,,. -,.., c.,m-
Co., r,
met and Si"'h'"s'
/ At Banstead IN Sprrev thar. ;s beipc
worked ON, an axr.r;,na,; j., 3D., ,,i,c,,i,,
and bringing M nf n,un.r chiiIr.,, which
~ of .x,.n,inn,L i,,,.'r.,., ,t 3D..
I holders of the ,n,rsin,,s ~ Eorsi,,,,tor md
! Chelsea are awar. of tho fac, ,,a, as tb.v
sit cozily in the pnIrm,n .xnrass wbicb
takes them 10 Brighton fr,rn ~. 5;r,, ,na-
tropolis they pass within n mil. ~ = fras-
| mold estate in which they b,y. an rnli-
vide,l share, and on which Is hin, corri.d
an, n scbem. for rivin,, ba,I,h nnd ,,;l,or
10 the minds Of the manner rbiIdr.n ~,
! their marshes which urnuis.s us succ.ss.
/ fuI results in its own field ms ever thev in
diyidually obtained from the ipvignro,irr.
sea bre,z.s to which they or. ha,tcning
To minis unfamiliar with the facts ns IN
nauperisu tber, is something sturtliu., in
the knowledge that from rhrsc Two
marshes in the wealthy West End There
mr.. no less than 700 manner children 10 h,
cared for. and. if possiblc. made into use
| ful citizens,
At Baustead an attempt is being made
to combine effective control with the home
advantages ON tn. high Lands near
the Downs there are erected tweptvthree
houses. each standing in its own ground,
together with schools. hospitals. n church
and the necessary administrative build
jsrs on the twenty-sey,n acres which
form the little town. A street runs
throughout the length OF the site and the
houses and other buildings are arranged
on each side in a roomy, tasteful manner.
Ten Of these houses are set apart for bows
and the remaining thirteen for the girls.
Over each Of the bows houses are a house
father and house mother, who are mar
ried. The father follows some trade OF
occupation which is Of use To the village
and its occupants. One is a carpenter.
another is a tailor, while tine others re-
spectively follow their callincs as smith.
plumber, shoemaker, baker, gardener and
bandmaster. Over each Of the girls
houses is q house mother. Each of the
boys houses is occupied by thirty-eight
boys. and each of the girls houses by
twenty-four girls. The house mother
performs the duties OF the home in her
own particular way. Every week she
sends to the store and obtains her weeks
supply Of groceries. She cooks for her
children at her own fire and is assisted by
them. She does part Of the washing for
her large family. The children wash the
door, clean the dishes, sweep out the
rooms and perform the other household
duties under her direction. On tine
ground floor are the kitchen, general
room, lavatory and the house mothers
room.
Up stairs are the bedrooms. The chill
dren sleep in two rooms and each has a
separate bed. The good old rule Of early
to bed and early to rise is strictly fol
lowed. When the children are out Of
school they are not made to sit on forms
against q wall with their arms folded and
their toes turned out. staring into va
cancy, as used TO De the case; but they are
turned out into the house grounds, to
scamper and play at their own games and
to shout and be boys and girls like other
children. The house fathers cut toys for
their boys, repair their playthings and as
sst them IN their little enterprises, just as
a real father does for his own boys. some
OF the children have animals which they
have purchased with the boarded pennies
they received at chance times, and they
are encouraged to tend them well and are
given facilities for keeping them. Others
OF them have fenced of little gardens,
where they raise hardy annual and shrubs.
The home life is necessarily not so free as
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nate circumstances, but there can be 10
doubt that the main characteristics of it
are there.
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